Mandal, Gujarat

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Mandal
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Jami mosque in Mandal
Coordinates: 23°17′19″N71°55′07″E / 23.28865°N 71.91854°E / 23.28865; 71.91854
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Gujarat
District Ahmedabad
Languages
  Official Gujarati, Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code+91-079
Vehicle registration GJ
Lok Sabha constituency Ahmedabad
Website gujaratindia.com

Mandal is a town in Mandal taluka of Ahmedabad district, India. [1]

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History

Mandal is a historical town. When, in 1347, the Emperor Muhammad bin Tughluq came to restore order in Gujarat, the Rana of Mandal and Patri, helped him and was honoured with robes and rewards. In 1395, Mandal was besieged by Muzaffar Shah I who founded Gujarat Sultanate later. The siege would have failed if it had not a pestilence broke out among the defenders. A few years later Jhala Satarsalji of Mandal was one of the chiefs who joined in the revolt against Sultan Ahmad Shah I (1414). It was not until 1530, the Mandal estates were made a part of the crown domains. In 1741, the town was restored and fortified by a brother of the Desai of Viramgam. In the latter part of the century it remained under the Marathas till its transfer in 1817 to the British East India Company. Some small stone mosques and some temples are the only remains of its former importance. [2]

Places of interest

Jami mosque, Kazi mosque and Saiyyad mosque in Mandal [3] are designated the Monuments of National Importance of India.

Ganj-e-Shuhada Mazar is a burial place of Muslim soldiers died during the battle in Gujarat Sultanate period.[ citation needed ]

Climate

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References

  1. "My Taluka". Government of Gujarat . Retrieved 3 May 2012.
  2. Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Ahmedabad. Government Central Press. 1879. pp. 345–346.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. bhatt, ritu; patel, alka (1998). "How Buildings Divide and Unite Us: The Case of Mandal (Gujarat, India)". Thresholds (17): 47–51. ISSN   1091-711X.